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Ipea Publications

Below is a selection of recent English-language publications of Ipea (Institute for Applied Economic Research) of Brazil. Ipea and UNDP are partners in supporting the International Poverty Centre. A major publication of Ipea is Brazil: The State of the Nation.

Started in 2005, Brazil: The State of the Nation is the principal yearly publication of Ipea. The 2005 edition provides an overview of Brazilian development.

Brazil: The State of the Nation (Esp | Port )
An overview of Brazilian development

 



“Labor, land and agricultural credit policies and their adverse impacts on poverty in Brazil.”
Gervásio Castro de Rezende. April 2006.

“Fiscal Space and Public Sector Investments in Infrastructure: A Brazilian Case-Study.”
José Roberto Rodrigues Afonso, Erika Amorim Araújo and Geraldo Biasoto Júnior. December 2005.

“Race Discrimination in Brazil: An Analysis of the Age, Period and Cohort Effects.”
Maurício Cortez Reis and Anna Risi Vianna Crespo. August 2005.

“Spatial Dynamics of Labor Markets in Brazil.”
Kenneth M. Chomitz, Daniel da Mata, Alexandre Carvalho and João Carlos Magalhães. August 2005.

“Brazilian Population and the Social Security System : Reform Alternatives.”
Kaizô Iwakami Beltrão and Sonoe Sugahara Pinheiro. January 2005.

“ Do Informal Workers Queue For Formal Jobs in Brazil ?.”
Fábio Veras Soares. May 2004.

“ Some Stylized Facts of The Informal Sector in Brazil in the 1980's end 1990's.”
Fábio Veras Soares. May 2004.

“ Accounting for Brazil's Growth Experience - 1940 - 2002.”
Edmar Lisboa Bacha and Regis Bonelli. May 2004.

“ Distributional Effects of Optimal Commodity Taxes Combined with Minimum Income Programs in Brazil.”
Ana Luiza N. H. Barbosa, Eduardo P. S. Fiuza, Marcel Scharth and Seki Asano. September 2003.

“ Demand for Housing and Urban Services in Brazil: A Hedonic Approach.”
Maria da Piedade Morais and Bruno de Oliveira Cruz. April 2003.

“ Brazilian Population Ageing: Differences in Well-Being by Rural and Urban Areas.”
Ana Amélia Camarano. May 2002.

“ Reducing Schooling Inequality in Brazil: Demographic Opportunities and Inter-Cohort Differentials.”
Carlos Eduardo Velez, Sergei Soares and Marcelo Medeiros. December 2001.

“ The Impacts of the Minimum Wage on the Labor Market, Poverty and Fiscal Budget in Brazil.”
Miguel N. Foguel, Lauro Ramos and Francisco Carneiro. October 2001.

“ Efficient and Equitable Commodity Taxation: Micro-Simulations Based on an Estimated Brazilian Consumer Demand System.”
Seki Asano, Ana Luiza N. H. Barbosa and Eduardo P. S. Fiuza. October 2001.

“ Demographic Changes and Poverty in Brazil.”
Ricardo Paes de Barros, Sergio Firpo, Roberta Guedes and Phillippe Leite. September 2000.

“ The Public-Private Wage Gap in Brazil.”
Miguel N. Foguel, Indermit Gill, Rosane Mendonça and Ricardo Paes de Barros. August 2000.

“ Poverty, Inequality and Macroeconomic Instability.”
Ricardo Paes de Barros, Carlos Corseuil, Rosane Mendonça, Maurício Cortez Reis. August 2000.

“ Applying Minimum Income Programs in Brazil Two Case Studies: Belém and Belo Horizonte.”
Sonia Rocha. June 2000.

“ Labor Market and Poverty in Brazil.”
Ricardo Paes de Barros, Carlos Henrique Corseuil, Phillippe G. Leite. May 2000.

 

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